Reasons not to be Cheerful…

Work SUCKS!!

My car has died and it’s still at the garage 3 days later.

Betty has been ill now for over a week and is now throwing up and has a runny tummy :(  The vet doesn’t know what it is, and it’s now cost me nearly 200 quid

The washing machine seems to have forgotten how to spin, so all my washing is coming out sopping and I have no where to dry it

I have no cover for geek child’s first day of the Xmas Holidays and I have no holiday left from covering the other 18 weeks

I have no wine!!

…..one reason to be cheerful my baby girl told me how much she loves me when I had a melt down earlier

Child Benefit Data Loss

Now I am *incredibly* tight with people’s information and I cannot believe someone at the Child Benefits agency was so  stupid as to send all 25 million records via a bloody courier to another office.  I seriously hope that they Information Commission are now investigating the whole operation as I doubt this is a one off.

Read the BBC News article here

I doubt that it is a conspiracy to steal data, more likely a useless courier company but I’ve alerted my bank on the off chance.  If you do want to ring the Benefits Agency (not much they can do but it will piss them off!) call 0845 302 1444

I however will be complaining to the Information Commissioner’s Office 

Remembrance Sunday

For my Nanna’s Uncles:

 

Private John Criddle

died 30th September 1915

aged 35

Battle of Loos

&

Alfred Alexander Criddle

died 22nd September 1918

aged 35

Buried MIKRA BRITISH CEMETERY, KALAMARIA

 

And to my Nanna’s Dad  James Easter who survived the Somme and died from the side effects of Mustard Gas in the 50’s

 

iphone review

 I had great time in the queue outside Carphone Warehouse, it was a good laugh. Of course their system crashed at 6.04 and I’m really hoping that the 20 odd times they swiped my card didn’t go through to my account! ::GULP::

Anyway….

Ok I’ve had my hands on it for 2 hours and so far all good. The screen is amazing, the keyboard is good once you get used to it. Synching is easy as anything and the camera although not as good quality as the Nokia is very quick.

I love that I can now set my alarm for the weekdays only, something Nokia seemed to stop doing ages ago! Calendar, E-mail and the web are just superb! Intuitive and just simple - brilliant stuff!

However and I could be wrong so correct me if I am, things I don’t like:

1. No video! I can’t record a damn thing, yes You Tube looks good on it - but not much bloody use if I can’t shoot anything.

2. I want to send out a mass SMS to everyone to tell them I have changed my number and I can’t seem to find a way to do it. If anyone knows how - let me know!!

3. Bluetooth…Apple I’d like to connect to my Macbook at the very least - sort it!

iPhone Day is here

So I’ve just been down to my local Carphone Warehouse to find that apparently they have ‘lost’ 20 iphone units, bring down the available units to buy to about 30.  Now I live in a *very* small town and I was hoping that there weren’t going to be too many interested people…..apparently they have had over 100 enquiries….I might not get one! ::SOB:: 

So now I’m leaving work at 3pm to go and queue….and it’s cold!

Group B Strep Awareness Month

December will be the Group B Strep Awareness Month,  this is something very, very close to my heart.

Four and a half years ago when my daughter was 30 hours old, it was discovered that she had contracted Group B Strep when we were in labour (from my waters being broken and then being left in labour for over 24 hours).  However I didn’t have a clue what Group B Strep was when I was woken in the middle of the night, by a doctor telling me that my baby needed a spinal tap and did I have anyone who could be with me ‘in case of the worst’.

By the time I arrived in SCBU, as quickly as I could shuffle down the corridor after a 27 hour labour, c-section and no sleep for 3 days. I was welcomed by a lovely nurse who sat me down and gave me a Polaroid picture of my daughter wired up to every conceivable piece of medical equipment.  When I asked why she explained they took pictures to give the mother something to ‘remember their child by’….at this point it sank in, my baby was probably going to die.

Thank god she’s a great little fighter, and she had excellent care by a very experienced group of medics and she pulled through to be the sassy little bright button she is today.  However by no means is everyone else as lucky as we were and the most annoying thing about the whole situation….IT’S ENTIRELY PREVENTABLE!!!

December is Group B Strep Awareness month read more about the infection and what can be done to prevent it here, 700 babies are affected a year of whom 75 tragically die and about 40 have serious long term problems

Please sign the petition to allow every pregnant woman to be tested for the disease

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/groupbstrep/ 

I’m horrified that in nearly 5 years the situation hasn’t really gotten any better and I hate the thought that any other family would have to deal with something that should be eradicated by now. Please support this very good cause - thanks x

iPhone is coming..

Although I’m back to work this week and I’m horribly depressed at the thought, this is the week the iPhone is released (6.02pm on Friday to be exact!).   It turns out that although I can break my contract it means I’ll lose my phone number, which is such a pain in the ass

So, I’m going to get my iPhone on Friday, move everything over from my Nokia and then cancel my contract after I’m sure everyone has gotten my new number and I don’t get calls on it anymore.  Back in the day (sometime in the late 90’s) you used to be able to buy a phone number and port it wherever you like.  I laughed at my friend who spent 70 quid on a number..I’m really wishing I’d done the same!

Which Floor?

Help! We’re re-doing our downstairs and I can’t decide which one to go for top, middle or bottom?  I like them all and anything is better than what we have - thoughts please!

It’s sucking me back in…

I can only blame the lack of Dr Who, Torchwood & BSG, for my falling back in love with the X-Files. Anyway for those who are interested, here’s a good article about Darin Morgan who wrote some of the best X-File episodes and who hopefully has had something to do with the new film. Check it here